Ethnicity

The BREXIT braindrain – more of a trickle really so far.

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Looking at government data showing the level of educational attainment for EU nationals working in the UK during the past year or so, it appears to be true that there has been a slight fall in the proportion with HE level qualifications (i.e. predominantly those with degrees) – down from 49% in Q1.16 to 46% in Q4.17 – but, there was also a slight rise in the proportion holding ‘other… Read More »The BREXIT braindrain – more of a trickle really so far.

Decline in the number of EU nationals working in Finance/Insurance industries post BREXIT.

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Overall, the proportion of EU nationals working in these sectors fell from 6% to 5% over the Q2.16-Q4.17 period, whilst the decline was even more pronounced in many of the industry sub-sectors – notably Security and commodity contracts brokerage services, where a fall of 7 percentage points was apparent (i.e.  down from 17% to 10% over the period).

The ethnic pay gap – is it really that big? – well…sometimes yes sometimes no

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According to ONS, earnings during the 2013-16 period at least were sometimes higher amongst BAME workers (2014 & 2015) and at other times those from white ethnic groups – (2013 & 16) whilst our own analysis of data from the ONS Labour Force Survey shows that in 2017 there was actually no difference overall in the median reported earnings of BAME/white workers (deep breath – i.e. that were full-time, permanent,… Read More »The ethnic pay gap – is it really that big? – well…sometimes yes sometimes no